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Amazon Lambda – Go Serverless

📅 February 26, 2018 • AWS Tour • ⏱ 2 minutes read

One of the hot topics in software development these days is serverless applications. As with so many other areas, Amazon has a service for that. The Lambda offering is a full-featured way to…

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Product Catalog: Using Web Services to remotely interact with our Catalog

📅 February 25, 2018 • Build A Product Catalog • ⏱ 2 minutes read

Today's lesson is going to pick up where we left off with our product catalog applications. In this lesson, we are going to build a web services application using Java and the…

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Stop and Smell The Roses

📅 February 23, 2018 • Podcast • ⏱ 2 minutes read

Life is a busy thing for those of us in IT and pursuing entrepreneurial goals. Nevertheless, we still need to find some time to “live” life while still pursuing those areas. The act…

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A Crash Course in Learning New Environments

📅 February 22, 2018 • Become a Better Developer • ⏱ 2 minutes read

No matter whether we move around jobs or stay with a single employer, there comes a time where we need to learn new environments. Sometimes these are simple and well-documented. However, I…

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When to Give In When To Hold Your Ground

📅 February 21, 2018 • Podcast • ⏱ 2 minutes read

There comes a time where you have a difference of opinion from your customer. This may be due to personal taste, or it may be a misunderstanding. There are even cases where…

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Three Easy Steps Toward Building Your Skills

📅 February 19, 2018 • Become a Better Developer • ⏱ 5 minutes read

Practice Makes Perfect The best part about the foundational items of programming is that they cannot be avoided. Every day you code you will get more comfortable with many, if not all,…

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Make The Most of Search Engines

📅 February 19, 2018 • Podcast • ⏱ 2 minutes read

We all like to work through the problems we have been presented. However, this is not the fastest way to a solution. When we are in an office, we can pester our…

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Eating the Frog and Reducing Stress

📅 February 16, 2018 • Podcast • ⏱ 2 minutes read

Eating the Frog is a term that may be new to you. Simply put, this is the idea of getting the things done that you want to do the least. It is…

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Getting The Most From Mastermind Program

📅 February 14, 2018 • Podcast • ⏱ 2 minutes read

In this episode, we take the risk of self-promotion and look at the elements of a good mastermind program. We put our money where our mouth is in this respect. The program…

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Building And Reinforcing Your Foundational Skills

📅 February 12, 2018 • Become a Better Developer • ⏱ 4 minutes read

In the course of a technical career, there is a need to first build a solid foundation of skills and then extend that. Unfortunately, it is essential to return to those foundational…

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